Added by Web Master: PDF copy of this letter.
A LETTER FROM DR REBECCA TIEW
My dear friends,
I’m Dr. Rebecca Tiew from Tiew Dental Surgery. I’m the Managing Director of ST Tiew Dental Group. (you can visit my website-www.tiewdental.com)
I’m Dr. Jessie’s friend. After reading a few pages of irresponsible condemnation and accusations of Dr. Jessie in certain websites, I find that there might be suspicious motives behind. I have known her for years, I’m definitely sure that all the allegations against her are unfounded.
- I am absolutely sure that she had gone to the US for her studies. I have seen her degree and final examinations transcripts. I have also seen her graduation photo. I have met with Dr. Jannie Chew who had once introduced her to Oriental Medical Institute of Hawaii, USA. Dr. Jannie Chew told me that she had met up with Jessie the few times when she was visiting the US campus. Besides, I have met Dr. Choo, the Oriental Medical Institute’s professor, twice, when he was in Malaysia. He dropped by to visit Jessie and we had dinner together. He told us much about Jessie’s study life there. I have also attended a course by Dr. Choo in Malaysia. I bear witness to the recollections by Dr. Choo and Dr. Jannie of Jessie’s studies in Hawaii and am convinced that she had indeed studied and graduated in Hawaii. This fact might be unknown to some accusers of Jessie, but to her ex-landlord in Hawaii, ex-course mates and lecturers, brothers and sisters who stand witness to this; these baseless and unfounded accusations are devilish. It’s too obvious that these people are corrupting the truth!
- She has obtained her Bachelor of Homeopathic Medical Science (B.H.M.S) from Borneo Research and Educational Institute in Kedah, Malaysia, which is patronized by the Sultan of Kedah and is recognized by the Malaysia’s Health Ministry. She is also a member of Malaysian Homoeopathic Doctor Association. She is a homoeopathic doctor but not a medical doctor (MD). Why keep on arguing about her (MD) qualification since she has told you that she is not? If she is confirmed as a homoeopathic doctor under the rules and regulations of the Health Ministry of Malaysia, who are we to say no??
- The accuser queries the existence and truth of the ITEC’s nutritional course. My friends and I have studied and earned this diploma, through exams and project papers. ITEC provides 17 qualifications, including the Diploma in Diet and Nutrition for Complimentary Therapists, that are UK government accredited by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills, and are registered on the National Qualifications Framework in the UK. However, the accuser battered Jessie’s nutritional qualification from ITEC, saying that it is only a beauty school with no diploma in nutrition offered, and claiming this truth to be a devastating weapon. Dear friends, when the accuser, whom I believe is in the right mind and rationale, knows that this diploma is very much accredited (he couldn’t have missed it in his search) and yet could bluntly say it is not genuine, what values would you render to this person? Is he really interested in the truth? How then could he have compromised his “truthful” values by discrediting this ITEC’s qualification? If then he could compromise on his “truthful” values by unreliably remarking the ITEC’s nutritional diploma; that would tell us how many more of his allegations are doubtful, undependable and untrustworthy. Please kindly check the website-http://www.itecworld.co.uk/qualification ns/complementary.asp.
- It‘s really most laughable to say she is too young to obtain all her certificates without even knowing her exact age. The accuser again, not knowing her exact age, yet claiming to have known her age by his so called “research”, started hitting out baselessly of how young Jessie must have been to acquire all her qualifications. And claims his truth to be a devastating weapon? Do you know how ridiculous this malicious claim is to my ears, knowing how old she is exactly? She is old enough to earn all her qualifications, if one could really count in the light of truth. The accuser, having erroneously counted the years she has taken to complete her qualifications, irresponsibly said it is an impossible scenario. Does he at all make reservations that he could have counted wrongly based on the info he has, and therefore render all his efforts in belittling and despising unfounded after all? It seems to me that the accuser is not bothered to truthfully vouch Jessie’s age, which is the foundation of his many malevolent accusations, before indulging in his quest for quacks, taunting serious degrading and defamatory remarks to Jessie. I have to admit she looks much younger than her age. Could you not agree more to the knowledge of alternative medicine, nutrition and dietetic that Jessie has, bearing witness to her youthfulness yourself? If this is not enough, her elder and younger sisters’ youthfulness testify to her years of knowledge as she proclaims she has. It is heart breaking to be hurled with abusive remarks, when she actually harvests the fruits of her studies by demolishing the shackles of illness in many, resulting in a healthier life. It’s pathetic that the accuser doesn’t know this. I have seen the results for myself. Results always speak louder! Besides, she has a kind and caring heart. She cares for the public and society. She’s been doing all kind of charity works especially for orphanages since she was 19. Her old friends, deejays in the radio broadcasting station in Kuching, Ms Anna and Ms Jennifer Lau could testify to that.
- The accuser, being alien to Malaysia’s radio broadcasting channels, could boldly claim the non-existence of the radio channel 98.8 and Ai.FM, through which Jessie hosted her health programs. I would have saluted him if he is indeed in the good cause of unearthing lies and quacks. However, I have seen enough testimonies and have known Jessie long enough to know that this accuser is not upholding the right cause, but distorting the truth. If the accuser is indeed thirsts for the truth, as he claims, he would have made a simple call to the above radio stations. He would have found the answer as Jessie has claimed. Moreover, the accuser’s claim of the absence of Jessie’s health programs on radio is definitely despicable to many listeners who had tuned in to her programs before, who bear witness that this claim is absolutely unsubstantiated.
- While in Hawaii, Jessie has done her correspondence study from LafayetteUniversity, through credit transfer and proctored exams. She has studied for it, called and talked to the lecturers. Books were mailed to her. A diploma mill it seems to be, but Jessie did not go through the shortcut to buy that degree. She studied for it out of ignorance that the diploma mill did sell their degrees. Knowing it now, she has withdrawn it from her credentials, which is the appropriate thing to do. Yet the accuser lambasted that she bought her degree. To resume displaying Lafayette’s qualification in her credentials, despite that she has earned it and not bought, would have asked for more criticisms. Will someone please stop to think if Jessie, knowing Lafayette is a diploma mill, would still boldly reveal the Lafayette’s name in her website, only to be found out by many academicians online? Her thesis was about Enzymatic Therapy and Treatment. I have witnessed this dissertation myself. She has done a lot of correspondence courses to sharpen her knowledge which has greatly benefited her patients. Their testimonies speak of her depth of knowledge in alternative medicine, nutrition and dietetic. I have talked to hundreds of them personally, of their changes in health for the better. Many still keep in touch with her. Though some of her qualifications are not accredited, why should that deter her from studying? As we know, some of our Malaysia’s qualifications are not recognized worldwide. Does that hinder us from studying it? Is not the knowledge that she has gained, which has shown successful results through their testimonies, most important?
- There were some typing errors in her credentials. It was later rectified. It was her mistake not to carefully scrutinize her credentials in her website as she has entrusted it to her staffs. And it was her staffs’ mistake not to undertake the job with due diligence. She did not proof read it because she has other commitments to take care of. The accuser insulted unreservedly, not entertaining the fact that the above circumstances did occur.
- Results always speak louder! Dr. Jessie has a group of qualified nutritionists under her with many being graduates. They, who have been by her side these years, are mature enough and qualify to conclude of her reliability. Many of her healed patients have provided their testimonies with photos, I/C numbers and signatures.
I apologize if my use of words has hurt anyone. Anyhow, I would forget and forgive them since our God is a loving and merciful God. Thanks for your attention. May God bless you.
Finally someone came forward with an explaination suddenly. Why not on my blog, since I am the one that raised the issue of Jessie’s credentials? And why not on official letter head?? And the address of the dental clinic???
Regardless, buried in Dr. Rebecca’s lengthy tirade was a little excuse – that “Dr” Jessie’s faux pas with her credentials was all an administrative error: “Dr” Jessie delegated all of the writing on her website to a staff member as “Dr” Jessie is too busy herself. Yes, blame it on an underling. What kind of a professional is that? It’s Jessie’s website, it’s her reputation … and yet some underling developed the text and she is too busy to either proof it or have some one responsible proof it? Well, I do not buy that a single bit. All professionals, particularly medical professionals, are trained to be precise and accountable.
Here’s one example … it was just recently revealed that her accupuncture & Oriental Medicine bachelor’s degree is from Oriental Medical Institute of Hawaii, USA. She previously identified it as a B.Sc. from Hawaii Oriental Medical College. Now if she attended this “university” why would she have given the wrong information to her staff. There is a BIG difference between the name “Oriental Medical Institute of Hawaii” and “Hawaii Oriental Medical College”. And, here’s the rub, Oriental Medical Institute of Hawaii does not have a website (which I find suspicious for today’s day and age – heck even “Dr” Jessie has two!!). I did find a webportal (http://www.uscollegesearch.org/oriental-medical-institute-of-hawaii.html)refering to it, but it has very little information:
Oriental Medical Institute Of Hawaii
181 S Kukui St Ste 206
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
(808)536-3611
Website: Not Available
Type of college: 4-year private, not-for-profit
Degree types offered: Master’s, Two but less than 4 years
Classification: Not Available
2004 Enrollment
Total enrollment Not Available
Undergraduate enrollment Not Available
Percent of undergraduate enrollment by gender
Men Not Available
Women Not Available
Percent of undergraduate enrollment by race/ethnicity
Non-resident alien Not Available
Black non-Hispanic Not Available
American Indian or Alaskan Native Not Available
Asian or Pacific Islander Not Available
Hispanic Not Available
White non-Hispanic Not Available
And they only offer a master’s degree!!!! Not a bachelor’s that is claimed by “Dr” Jessie. This school is also NOT accredited by Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (ACAOM). “Dr” Jessie claims that most (rather all) of her degrees are not accredited as they are in alternative medicine. But the alternative medical field of acupuncture and oriental medicine is accredited by ACAOM, which is the sole accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit professional master’s degree and master’s level programs in the field – in other words a legitimate accreditation body with some pretty serious public safety controls and measures in place to govern its members.
That’s just one example for now, as I will be providing in depth information of each and every university on my blog.
Finally, why is every one of the counter arguments presented by “Dr” Jessie’s defenders focussed on how nice she is. “Dr” Jessie may be a nice person (and I likely do not doubt that either), but that is not my focus – my focus is on her credentials. Instead of a long indignant tirade about her treatment, how about a calm precise and factual post about her credentials. And don’t attack me … it has no effect on my posts and blog here. Attack the facts that I presented with other counter facts you may have – like year of graduation, addresses, URLs. As I have said many times, if I am proven wrong, I will apologize and retract any misinformed posts that I have made here.
Er … Pierce. Looks like the original .doc file was authored by … you.
Go have a peak at my blog.
Slaps typist – I mean “peek”.
Dear Tom,
Anyway, I will like to rebuke your last paragraph here claiming that everyone said she is nice over her title of Dr. What I’ve said earlier is that she is promoting Alternative Medicine. And do note that I don’t particularly like Doctors; especially some part of the Dr. society who is only out for personal financial gain over other people’s life and suffering. Those kind of blood suckers will only kill people. Even one of my friend has been “killed” because this hospital refused to admit him due to the fact that no one around has RM 5,000 cash as deposit. I dislike doctors who will only heal people when the sick and the suffering is in need of their help.
I am putting a neutral and personal statement here. If You are this kind of doctor or if Dr. Jessie is this kind of doctor, I will make no exception to you or to Dr. Jessie. I have yet to say anything nice and daunty on things and issue here. If a doctor is willing to heal, let the doctor heal the sick. If healthcare is going to cause someone’s life, then I hate healthcare.
Being a personal friend of Dr. Jessie I have yet to seek her for treatment. One fact could be Geographical because I am in Kuching, and KL is 1048 air-miles away. I cannot be depending on her whenever I get sick. However, I do know that she is caring. Eventhough she might have made in a month what I made in my life time, I will not see that as indifferences.
Tom, You are talking about false credentials. I am talking about people who is willing to heal others. Dr. Tiew is talking on affirmation of some of Dr. Jessie’s credentials. Let me sum up this. You have claimed that Dr. Jessie is using false credentials. You do not believe what other has said about Dr. Jessie. This has made your claims very personal. I’ve emailed you before that Dr. Jessie is at least 37 years old. You insist that what some others who does not knew Dr. Jessie Chung real age has said (referring to your quote on lmsia.com) claims Dr. Jessie is 32 years old. Mind you, she is the second of six siblings and the youngest is about my age – 32. This is information you get from people who grew up with Dr. Jessie and you will not buy it. This has proven that you are stubborn. You have no input.
Now back to the next thing, me. I have been saying that I knew Dr. Jessie cause she has help people that I know to heal. she has helped old people who cannot afford medication by provision. She has improved the quality of life of many. My stance on medical is that doctor is there to improve the quality of life of patients. Quote Dr. Hunter P. Adam that anyone who help to heal the sick is a Doctor. Doctors by profession should be people who heal others, not someone with a piece of “toilet paper” saying that “I hereby declare that Tom Yam has finish the course in General Practitioning and is thereby being conferred the title – Dr.” If someone has the paper qualification and let his/her patient die because the patient cannot recompense enough money to the low life, that the low life is not fit to be called Doctor.
Tom, people have only one chance in life. If the doctor treat people like animals and heal based on payment, then this kind of doctors is not doctors, but killers.
Dear Tom,
This is the Original. The one I’ve published is PDF printed by CutePDF (freeware) on a computer I have access to. Therefore if you use things like Acrobat reader to check for document origination, you will only see what the CutePDF sees. please check the check sum of the email I believed that it will match with the content extended from Dr. Jessie’s (love@jessiechung.com) account.
Personally, I do know that there is a Dr. Tiew in West Malaysia to whom I think is a respectable Dentist and has a long service record which also earned her some respect from people like the former Minister of health, Dr. Chua. However, I have to be honest that I have yet to have the priviledge to meet up with Dr. Tiew.
If you want to authenticate the origin of the letter, you can contact Dr. Tiew herself. I have yet to visit her website so, I don’t know what is her contact number.
The other thing is that I don’t circulate .doc document on my website because of licensing issue, therefore, I borrow one PC here with licensed MS Word to print it to PDF before I put it up on the internet.
One point of thought, I am in IT line and the Document properties you see using ordinary software does not consitiute the author when it is being converted to another format. Also the way those programs works is that if someone open a document and closed in winword or if someone have printed a document, the one printing will be updated into the document as the last saved by. Therefore if Dr. Jessie Chung printed this document, you might see that the document is last saved by Dr. Jessie.
I don’t enjoy seeing document properties but I do believed that not everyone uses MD5sum to authenticate files sent via internet, nor do they know how to use pk#12 for document signing as these two are the unconventional and conventional legal binding methods of document authentications. I wouldn’t bother if you see the last saved by in the document is “Jeff” or “Jeremy” or “Henry” cause that is just because they printed this document before it was emailed out to me. For licensing sake, I don’t want any .doc file on my blog.
Thanks Pierce for the explaination. However I am not convinced, as I know it differently.
In fact I just took a document authored by someone else, converted it into pdf on my own computer … and the author’s name remained unchange.
Are you using the same software that I’m using?
I’m using CutePDF. I don’t use your Acrobat (be it pirated or not) The CutePDF is a printer driver which I just need to print to the printer driver to generate the PDF file and it is a freeware
I’ll try to find a copy of CutePDF, and try my little experiment again.
Cheers, Tom
You were correct Pierce. I retract my comments and I apologize.
However, this does not proves nor disproves who the original author might have been.
I also noticed that Jessie has posted Rebecca’s letter on her webpages. But visit my blog for my comments, will you?